Tone-controller.



A. MAYER.

TONE CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED APEIJ. 1915.

1 25m fi, Paten'taai Nov, 21, mm

Fm, 1 mm Cit TQll'E-CUNTEOLLEB.

Analication filed April 4, 1916.

2 will whom it mo concern 1' lie it known that l, Eweosrlxn Eli-urns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tiliin, in the county of Seneca and State oi Ohio, have invented certain new and uset'ul improvements in lo'nc-Controllers; and i do hereby declare the following to be a" full, cleaigand exact description. of the invention, such as will enable others skille l in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tone controllers and the principal object of the invention is to pro: vide a device for the controlling of the tones reproduced by talking machines of the usual consvuction.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a tone controller which is interposed between the sound record and the reproducing diaphragm, to eliminate the rcproducing of undesirable metallic sounds which frequently ccompany the use at the ordinary type of reproducer when used without this attachment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device by which the levers on the diaphragm may be adjusted to meet various conditions and also to control and modify the. tone and volume.

. With these and ther objects in view, the invention consists in'the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a side view in elevation of the reproducer showing thisimproved device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1'. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view partly in section of the attachment. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the holder which is carried by the needle socket of the reproducer and supports the device, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a reproducer of the ordinary construction provided with the usual diaph agm EX- tending downwardly from the central portion of the diaphragm is the usual stylus arm 3 carrying at its lower end, the needle socket 4. This needle socret is provided with the usual set screw'a and the set screw engages the attachment to hold the same in place as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent. l

Pa tented Nov. 21, ltlilti.

Serial No, 88,815.

aging block above referred to consists of a body 9 formed of fiber or any other suitable material formed with an nncrted ii-shaped'slot 10 to provide a palr oi arnis ll. 'l hi; slot 1,0 is adapted to receive the needle and the body 9 is inserted between the clamp arms 8 of the connector so as to he hriuly held in place. as clearly shown in the drawings. Extending through the body 13 and secured therein is the supporting arni 1:2 for the stylus or needle holder and this arm consists of a spring wire and extends downwardly as illustrated in Fig. 3: and is provided with the return bend 13 which is soldered or otherwise se cured to the clainping sleeve 1lwhich is provided on one side with a suitable slot 15 tOfOl'lll a pair of clamp arms in which the needle holder is mounted.

The needle or stylus holder above referred to consists of an outer shell or sleeve 16 having the rubber or cushioned tube 16 secured therein which tube may be formed of rubber as above mentioned. The tube 16 is closed at one end by a suitable plug 17 of any suitablc uniterial so as to form at its opposite end the needle socket 18 in which the needle or stylus 19 is frictionally held. It will thus be seen t Kill; the needle will be cushioned from the shell 13 and the clamp 14.

It 'will be apparent from the foregoing that in use, the connector is placed in the needle or stylus soclret l. of the reproducer as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the weight of the reprodnccr will cause the needle or stylus maintained within the needle holder to move upwardly into the ll-shaped slot 10, thus causing the fiber 9 to straddle the needle or stylus and as the stylus travels through the groove of the record, it will be seen that the tone wave will .cause' the needle to oscillate the stylus arm in an indirect n anner thereby modifying the tone.

.any suitable material but is preferably of 7/ in order that the tone may be adjusted, the sieeve 15 may be slid into or farther out of the socket so as to adjust the levers of the stylus on the fiber.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such. changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall ivitliin the spiritand scope of the ap-' pended claims. I

1. The combination of a reproducer having a stylus arm and a needle socket at the lower end or the stylus arm, of a tone modifier adapted for connection to the socket comprising a connector having a cushioning element and a stylus holder arranged in angularrelation so that 'ivhen the stylus rests on a record it will engage the cushioning element and thus modify the tone.

2. In combination with a reproducer having a stylus arm and a needle socket at the lower end of the stylus arm, a connector adapted to be insertedinthe needle socket, a stylus holder carried by the connector, :1 i

stylus in the stylus holder and means carried by the connector to engage the stylus to transmit the sound -\vaves of a record through. the stylus and connector tothe stylus arm and reproduce-r.

3. The combination With a reproducer having a stylus-arm and a needle socket at the lovver end of the stylus arm, of a conhector adapted to be secured to theneedle socket, a cushioning element'at; the lower end ofthe connector, a'resilient arm carried hythe connector, a stylusholder carried by the arm in angular relation to the connector, and a' stylus in the stylus holder adapted to rest on a sound record and support the connector and reproducers.

4. A tone modifier comprising a connector adapted to be attached to a reproducer, a resilient arm carried by the connector, a

-a cushioning member in said socket having an inverted V-shaped slot in its lower end and a stylus in the stylus holder adapted .to engage in the V-shaped slot of the cushioningmember. 7

5. A tone modifier comprising'a connector, a fiber block carried by the connec'tor, said fiber block being provided with an inverted V-shaped slot, a resilient arm carried by the connector, a splitsleeve at the free end of the arm, a cushioned needle holder adjustable in the split sleeve and a stylus carried by the needle holder and adapted to engage in the inverted V-shaped slot in the fiber block, whereby the'sound will be transmitted from a sound record'to the stylus and to the connector.

6. A tone modifier comprising a connector having a stemat' one end, said stem being adapted for entrance into the needle socket of a reprmlucer. a fiber block at the opposite end of the connector, said fiber block being PIOVltlCt with an inverted V-shaped slot, a spring arm carried by the connector, a split sleeve at the free end of the spring arm,a sleeve slidable through the split sleeve, a rubber tube within the last mentioned sleeve, a plug in one end of the tube, and a stylusin the opposite end of the tube and projecting beyond the same, said stylus being adapted to engagein the inverted V-shaped slot ofthe fiber block, sothat vjthe sound Waves transmitted to the stylus from a sound record will be transmitted to the reproducer through the fiber block and.

AUGUSTINE MAYER.

- Vitnesses LOUIS Mnssnn, ADELBERT R. KELLER. 

